The History of Australia - Animated Video

[@jacobbriers7863]

Wheres Tasmania mate

[@MTG776]

*Where's

[@lmckinnon199]

Fucking its cousin

[@chloehannah5295]

no where

[@pdenn1s]

4:13 I see it in the map right there, what are you talking about? are you not sure how to find it?

[@asianguy1700]

Peter Dennis he’s probably talking about Australia when the guy is explaining. Some of the Australia images don’t even have Tasmania.

[@olliemakesvideos125]

No one mentions that one time where things got out of hand and the British almost wiped out the entire population of Tasmania...

[@thomsboys77]

Australians, not Brits

[@malietoasamoa1301]

​@@thomsboys77same people

[@dom9073]

For us Aussies 30ºC is a nice day.

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

That's a horrible day, how can you like anything but around room temperature... Just non-sensible...

[@dutchvanderlinde7765]

@@-gemberkoekje-5547 what crap country are you from

[@basedbattledroid3507]

-Gemberkoekje- If you think 30° is bad; I wouldn't recommend coming here in the summer, haha, it got to 60° one time.

[@kayseek1248]

-Gemberkoekje- we have fuckin beaches, and you’d be surprised by how much of a role architecture plays in how we feel hot and cold

[@allanosullivan6270]

True m8

[@rileynissen2067]

The lack of Tassie is the most distracting thing 😂😂😂 poor Tassie

[@betula2137]

Yes kind of took me out of it, but I'm way too biased to be watching a video about the _mainland_

[@nevah5982]

Very few people from the USA have moved here compared to any other country, in fact I would say that people from the USA would make up the smallest minority. Definitely not worthy of a mention when compared to the number of Italians, Greeks, Vietnamese etc.

[@mdm6977]

100% agree hardly any Americans mainly Chinese and Indians

[@cocoacoolness]

Yeah I think I've only met two Americans before..... but i've met so many people from other countries

[@thetrashmaster1352]

Nevah There are 5000 Americans in Australia. compare that to 3 million Asians, 1.5 million Brit's and 500,000 kiwis. there are more Sudanese and south Africans than Americans. why does the US get a mention? fuck knows.

[@benvado4586]

Zombtroll69 Because its the United States. We are a factor in everything, like it or not.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

I'd also say a lot of Swedish, Scottish, Irish, Slavic peoples.

[@Paragon._.]

I learned under 10 minutes while my school took 3 years to make me learn about something

[@olliebtw9433]

Have to give him credit for explaining Dreamtime so well

[@Johan-nj1eq]

nice video was very well explained and everything was understood. The video was very helpful, keep it up! : D

[@fabianedian9524]

Great video, and I hope you do well. Just a critique, you're missing Tasmania, it is the island south of Victoria which is a state of Australia.

[@dwla45]

oh whoops. I see. Thanks for bringing it up!

[@3122tan]

DWLA it's a good video but I agree with the map being problematic. If you look at the bottom centre, the York Peninsula is depicted as a round protuberance. It's really a totally different shape, uncannily like a boot. I noticed because it's where my parents live. So yeah, the different map you use in the second half of the video is much better. It includes Tassie (which is one of just six states!) and the shape of the continent is more accurate.

[@pdenn1s]

4:13 I see it in the map right there, what are you talking about? are you not sure how to find it?

[@jamescusack6511]

I love the style of animation, and I like your accent! You’ve earned a subscriber!

[@2LegHumanist]

Mistakes: 1: Missing Tasmania from the Map 2: Australia is not mostly desert, it is mostly semi-arid (outback), there is a difference 3: Those temperatures are average daily high temperatures, not average temperatures 4: Not all Aboriginal tribes were hunters and gatherers. There is evidence for ancient agriculture along the Murray River

[@betula2137]

Yep! Obviously so much information gets omitted from short summary videos, but those were some pretty egregious blind spots and generalisations.

[@boujiebarbie3198]

Amazed by the Stolen Children part. The way this world works or doesn't is shocking.

[@albertferrer1243]

Good job, thank you for taking the time!

[@japronHD]

Norwegia.. ITS NORWAY *triggered* Anyways a really good video

[@tasnimrahmanalvi8323]

Thanks. Very clearly explained.

[@mattcorderoy3637]

This is not a history of Australia, it’s a brief history of aboriginal and European conflict which whilst significant is only one part of the history of Australia. High school project level history.

[@chill6594]

Excellent Video... a great overview.... just the right amount of info....

[@farisel8419]

Moin wieso machst du erst jetzt die Hausaufgaben?!

[@bskinny9009]

They mention the Finnish and Swedish(30,000) immigration to Australia, which is miniscule compared to Italians(1 million), Greeks(152,000} and Croatians(118,000), clear discrimination.

[@helendavies5252]

Where is Tasmania?

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

It doesn't exist

[@betula2137]

Thanks for 4:56 - 6:54 Just a minor detail, there were parts of Australia where the British had a hard time militarily. Obviously the British had an advantage in terms of war as a means to take over, but this was from inherited experience and weaponry too, as Aboriginal warfare was very different with different laws and customs (therefore different strengths). In this environment, there could be no fair war. However, in some parts, like Tasmania, resistance was so effective (leaders of multiple nations who sometimes utilised British tools) that one of the book-described genocides (killing and displacement) was established.

[@qwertyuiop9060]

Something you might want to look into is that modern research suggests that Aboriginals had an agrarian lifestyle as opposed to the common misconception of Hunter Gatherer. This explains the planned layout of Australia's terrain. Most of the evidence for this came from accounts from the first European colonists that arrived on the land.

[@maddyg3208]

The ancient aborigines might have had a few aspects of their lifestyle that might have gobe beyond hunting and gathering but saying they were "agrarian" (presumably because of their extensive burning) is stretching the concept way too far.

[@qwertyuiop9060]

@@maddyg3208 Im no expert on the topic, but I have found several recent youtube videos and a few ted talks delineating on the subject. Take a look at it

[@exploreaustralia6577]

Great animated video

[@eddykate6626]

I enjoyed this video and wish you well in your future.

[@williamtheophilus9232]

You can say that again, I was so happy after looking at the video, wow that's awesome I must say, 🤔🤗

[@adriennehunt1799]

Britain also was worried that the French would stake a claim on The Great Southern Land before them. The convicts were only a secondary reason for colonisation.

[@fernandopereira1520]

Check the date of the discovery of Timor by the Portuguese and you would understand that the first Europeans to have discovered Australia were not the Dutch!

[@portellio_the_space_rider9473]

5:55 norwegia?

[@fyshi6226]

Excellent vid but you forgot Tasmania, and the average temperatures are more like 50 and 0

[@yesid17]

fantastic video!!

[@zerox4224]

what software did you use? i need to do something like this for school too

[@dwla45]

We used Adobe After Effects for the video itself and Adobe Illustrator for the graphics.

[@zerox4224]

DWLA thanks

[@leonidas759]

Tolles Video! Super interessant und informativ

[@Abevrfx]

blud sounds like hes mumbling .😭🙏

[@Skipper.17]

06:20 this was due to the fact that aboriginals would neglect halfcast children and leave them to die. What is also little known is that white children who were born to unwed mothers were also taken from their mothers

[@rolandhearn6662]

This is not a bad video but it really should be called a history of the race struggle in Australia. While there is much to be sorry for in this process and a lot of reparation still to be done it is not the only thing that has happened in Australian history. If I were you I would change the title a bit and have another go at actually reflecting the history of Australia. The struggle portrayed here is well worth mentioning but develop some of the other themes as well. Gold was important but wool a lot more important. The two world wars had a massive impact on shaping Australian identity. The political scene of the 1970 has had a major impact on Australian identity. So many things just missed out.

[@corentinlucas1899]

Encore une super vidéo, m'a bien aidée pour réalisé le travail en anglais Encore mille merci pour ce document qui devrait être classé au patrimoine de L'UNESCO Bisous QLF A FOND

[@ZWeRzZ]

j'approuve complètement ton commentaire Vie sur nous

[@The_ExplorerZZZ]

I got set this as my home work 😂

[@NickSoper]

History only starts at 2:00

[@markbubenschikov9]

Thx

[@justrelaxvietnam6695]

so great sharing

[@alexlyon88]

Is Brüno narrating this video?

[@byronyouththeatre2781]

Hey DWLA can we make an edit of your video for a play we are creating called In My Skin please?

[@lafred2007]

Correct research overall. They brought convits here because they lost the war in USA and to get a foot hold b4 the French. French took many islands north east of us till this day

[@owenking4792]

nice

[@mikaelgaming2679]

Who else is doing this for homework

[@olliebtw9433]

5:20 bio weapons weren’t even a concept let alone possible to have used at that time and it’s really annoying when people say it

[@stephanieduncan9143]

🗣️ we're are the real Australians(Oboriginals)🤔🤔

[@prettyaverageyoga8260]

You did a better job of telling the basic truth about our history than our own schools do. The stolen generations however were not just mix race children, and some argue that the stolen generations continue as aboriginal children who are removed from parents even today for various reasons are generally placed into white care.

[@rithvikjitin8378]

Who is watching in 2020

[@kennymac4523]

Great Video, keep it up mate. (Grüsse aus Australien)

[@dwla45]

Thank you! :)

[@benmckinnon3440]

What program do you guys use to animate?

[@dwla45]

We use Adobe After Effects for the animations. And create the icons with Photoshop or Illustrater.

[@pmcm-ih1ep]

I just discovered Zealand is a place in Denmark, the name Australia comes from Austria ...almost every non Aboriginal named town is named after one in England or Europe...and Australians, Aussies, think they are original!?

[@mennoydema5222]

Funny guy. Zealand is a province in the Netherlands, Australia is from Terra Australis which means southern land and yes, of course most settlements were called after places where the settlers came from or the people they admired like the queen, king or a governor. Not original, but just the way they did it in those days.

[@yougoslavia]

@@mennoydema5222 I'm pretty sure the place in the Netherlands is called Zeeland. Also it's strange that Terra Australis means Southern land but Austria means Eastern Realm.

[@mennoydema5222]

@@yougoslavia yes it's Zeeland, but it became Zealand over there, probably because it sounds similar. On a sidenote, did you know that Vancouver is derived from the family name Van Coevorden ? Coevorden is a town in The Netherlands.

[@georgesmith4509]

you left out all of the other dutch explorers who charted much of the West Coast, Cook's landing was in Botany Bay the first settlement was at Sydney (now Circular Quay) in Sydney Harbour (port Jackson) Check your data about the first fleet bringing in small pox! There is no record of it on the 1st fleet and none of the convicts died of it Also we don't how many died or from what before white records where kept, BUT where is Tassie. Otherwise it's a good and reasonably accurate video.

[@haileydarling9360]

Please do NOT think this video is accurate! It does not give true information about Australia’s history! Do NOT believe the information given in this video.

[@caminhosdasindiasmusic8311]

Why? What are the false facts?

[@danielcharleston3343]

Me: Clicks on the video. Me: Dose not see Tasmania. Apparently i don't exist, or am actually living on the ocean.

[@adriennehunt1799]

40,000 to 70,000? It is thought Australia's indigenous inhabitants have been here much longer.

[@avrilduck8326]

Great

[@williamtheophilus9232]

The history was nice I must say my dear, wow 🥶☺️

[@cristianramos5947]

That's a sharp accent

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

SAXTON HAAAAAALE!!!

[@mysteriousgirl4438]

Sorry Day was not in 1998 it was 2008

[@mysteriousgirl4438]

I don’t even know why it is even mentioned in this video, Kevin rude only did it for votes, I’ve never here’d anyone celebrate it, though what happened was bad the whole concept of saying sorry for something you personally didn’t do is crazy and it just shows how weak of a man Kevin Rudd is and if anyone should be saying sorry it should be the church because it was missionaries who did the whole thing

[@mysteriousgirl4438]

L Denke nah it wasn’t, Kevin Rudd was PM and I was in high school

[@echelon2k8]

It wasn't missionaries who did the whole thing, the removal of children from their families was done by the Australian Federal and State government agencies AND church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments. Kevin Rudd said sorry because as Prime Minister he represented the head of the government which began in 1901 with Federation (before the Stolen Generation) and which still continues to this day.

[@redd605]

What I can't understand is why Australia has not constructed a water pipeline to feed the remote areas or make it more greener.and solar powered houses in the outbacks .or have they done this already

[@miriam2909]

Not enough water and of what there is so much has been sold to the Chinese. Go figure. Australians hate it. Solar power is rapidly on the rise

[@redd605]

@@miriam2909 each state has a premier like USA governor make the decision and not the leader of the country to what happens in that state is probably what has happened and the other don't want it

[@Flugmorph]

ah yes, famous norwegia 😉

[@christophermarshall3409]

But where’s tassie mate?

[@Johan-nj1eq]

rofl xD wer das liest ist cool

[@martin6043]

Animeeeeeee

[@antman2535]

.

[@daniel72626]

Lul uwu owo

[@antman2535]

👍

[@emblagleng7254]

Norwegia?? Did You mean Norway? :)) "Norwegia" is a cheese we have in Norway :P A cheese came into Australia for gold??

[@dwla45]

* facepalm * Yeah. sorry 'bout that. Haha :D

[@patrickjanes7234]

DWLA, you forgot Tasmania, which is Australia's province.

[@UniqueBundle]

amazing video, liked your channel. I could't leave your channel without subscribing your channel.

[@timothymartin9224]

Hey mate you forgotten Tasmania on the East Coast of Australia down the bottom

[@sherinetintu]

I’m Australian * Coffs*

[@Jj-or5ix]

Like it but I can't understand ur accent at times ..

[@SRALTHACNQURR]

How. As an American it's clear as evening.

[@erinwilliams7553]

I’m from the UK and I understand it perfectly.

[@carislevert6165]

Ти си геј

[@wild_mike2906]

Gets hotter than 30 mate haha

[@ffls775]

2:15 Neither tasmania nor new zealand are in the map... wtf

[@noneofyourbusiness7396]

Nice starting point but that history seems to be "black washed" that is all the negative bits of the aboriginal culture, and the positive bits of the European society that replace this culture has been omitted. Negative Bits 1. Infanticide (people killing their own children) was commonly practiced for numerous reasons including population control ( you could say post term abortion) and religious and cultural beliefs. 2. Cannibalism was practiced ( that is where people were eating other people who they have killed). 3. For 10's of thousands (before Europeans arrivals) the 300-500 different tribes were at constant war with each other, where stronger tribes committed genocide of the weaker tribes by massacring these tribes. This was evidenced and reported on by Europeans after they arrived. The sad fact is that more aborigines have been kill by other aborigines before, during and after Europeans arrived, than by non aborigines. Positives 1. Some ( NOT all) of the children removed (stolen generations) experienced better lifes than those that remained with their tribes. 2. Life expectancy prior to European arrival 30-40 years, today after 250 years of European society 70+ years. So to all commentators I would suggest present all the facts NOT just the ones that agree with the agenda you are pushing.

[@gustavodiniz6156]

Autralia fue descubierta por el navegante portugues Cristovao de Mendonca en 1521, y Nueva Zelanda por el español Diego Alonso de Solis en 1527. Luego llegaron holandeses y britanicos.

[@marcelojr9913]

Good video

[@athleticdiabetic1426]

thanks for the video it'll help for M.U.N

[@scottmaclean1455]

you missed dirk hearthog discovering the west coast in 1600's, and when first settlers came in 1788 didnt like botany bay so they sailed further north to port jackson where they founded sydney. sick of every make that mistake when cook charted the coast he missed port jackson(now known as sydney harbour) entirley dew to strange three heads that lead into the harbour

[@iamachinesepetwholies5476]

The only animated thing about this video is it's words

[@hollysaga]

Dark history

[@williamtheophilus9232]

Hmmm the history was nice one to hear about, 🤗🤗

[@yellow82811]

Equ-ador means in Korean is One eyed fathers Son. One eyed descendant can solve this twisted lineages by cons not pros.

[@aussieshootandhuntadventur4973]

You forgot to mention the only reason Australia was ever populated was because the American war of independence stopped England from dumping prisoners to North America .... there for they started a colony in Australia ..... we are forever indebted to the American war of independents

[@ragnarox16]

Good job.

[@dwla45]

Thank you :)

[@hyunjinki1995]

Wwwwwwhat Norwegia? Where is it ?

[@KorrinaDavis]

TASMANIA ?? :( :(

[@williamtheophilus9232]

The video of the history was so fun to me I must say ☺️

[@zemeneselassi2381]

great video, but you should of gone more in depth of the pain and suffering inflicted upon the indigenous. for example, newborns of the indigenous were buried in the ground, with the heads planted ground level, and were subjected to be used as footballs as cruel and and evil games by the British settlers. Men of the indigenous tribes had their genitals cut off and were forced to bleed to death, while woman had large sticks stabbed within their genitals until they died from internal suffering. These atrocious acts were bestowed upon them in hopes of completing genocide among the indigenous people. There are no Indigenous people left off the island of Tasmania. These acts are buried so deep into our history books that not even I knew the full extent of Australia’s history until I was in early high school, doing my own research. ‘ National sorry Day’ was actually held in 2006, not 1998. Myself and my entire class was 12 years old at that time, and had never understood the depth of Australia’s history with the Indigenous, that my class teacher forced us to be apart of such a momentous time in history, by silencing us in the presence of the radio apology that took place on all channels. It changed my view on Australia, a place I called home, to say the least. Anyways, your video was great! Good to hear this is still being acknowledged on a world platform.

[@zemeneselassi2381]

my apologies, I have a typo, ‘sorry day’ was 2008

[@deusexmachina1421]

😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 that's atrocious! oh man! Is there any link you can suggest where I can read on stories like these? I really would appreciate it. Thank u in advance.

[@jameskent5351]

You'll be waiting for a while Peter. No one can dispute that atrocities did occur during Australia's colonisation but people have a seriously warped view of its scale. For example you will often have people repeat as fact that it used to be legal to hunt Aboriginals citing a mythical "Flora and Fauna Act". This has never been true not even remotely. Or they will claim that Aboriginals weren't citizens until the 67 referendum. Which also isn't true, the 67 referendum amended the constitution to allow for affirmative action. But Aboriginals became citizens the same time white people did 1948. Even Zemene is lying to you. For example they have actually used an example of Aboriginal Australian infanticide (where Aboriginals would murder their sick children to conserve resources) as "proof" of settler violence: www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/aboriginal-violence-was-sanitised/news-story/d582c8e87e0b579dc333d23c185f5d55 www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/bad-dreaming-aboriginal-mens-violence-against-women-and-children-20070519-ge4xcf.html

[@sirsillybilly]

Zemene Selassi The Tasmanian Aboriginals never wanted to negotiate. There was a 12 year war. If you knew your history, which you don’t, you’d realise they attempted a Treaty many times with depictions of Peace. Look in to it. Also the British arrived mandated under Philip to not attack or kill. This was held up until Pemulwuy shed first blood. The Small Pox and viruses were unknown to the British. It didn’t come from Australia but from the Malacas in the north. It would’ve been too far for such a virus to survive the journey from England. Historical revisionism has brainwashed the pox to create a post colonial guilt to enable globalisation. I’ve been studying this for thirty years well before the internet and revisionist BS Do some more study

[@iwasiamiwill_]

The great flood washed out a group of isolated people from where they couldn't leave and thought they were advanced until they came out and realized how much more advanced the world is and every continent on the whole planted was a certain kind of people that were spiritual, nature, divine and balance and love. The cave men didn't believe in God were barbaric, evil, inhumane beast that only knew gimme gimme me eat me tired me sleep. Wich explained the mentality of the invader. To back up my story they carried diseases everywhere they went a biologist would understand this point and create a timeline based on the length to immunity within a race.

[@joebloggs6594]

Manuel Guidry ^^^ What an utter load of rubbish ^^^

[@iwasiamiwill_]

@@joebloggs6594 mutated recessive Genes being reproduced together in an isolated area will create dominant mutations within the isolated. In those days they didn't understand genetics and was killing and mutilating white skin children for voodoo practice. Its still happening in Tasmania now. And the sun does change skin color in evolution witch takes hundreds of thousands of years so this didn't evolve they realize they were better off in cooler areas and we were told it was forbidden to mingle and mix with y'all not as being racist but to protect the blood line until a group was banished from the land and mingled with y'all then the mixing began because it was a must to survive outside y'all land which explains the hate y'all had for our kind so we just going through karma.

[@iwasiamiwill_]

Please don't take any offense by this and with all due respect look into what I said and research before u respond with anger and envy. Because there are a few missing links and according to old text I strongly believe that the cause for the mutations was lingering genetics from the nephilin that was passed down and nephilin were Neanderthals and science proved that all caucasian have Neanderthals DNA and Africans don't have any trace of it

[@高句丽是中国]

The White people invasion began in 1788.White people did not regard Aboriginals as humans. The invaders massacred many Aboriginals as sports hunting. In 1828 the law was enforced that gives the right to freely capture and kill Aboriginals. In 1876, Tasmanian Aboriginals who had 37 thousand people were extinct. Aboriginal who had one million people had decreased to 70,000 in 1920. Aboriginal young women were made sexually slave. From 1869 to 1969, Aboriginal children were taken away and placed in concentration camps.Abused or abandoned.The goal was to abolish Aboriginal culture and eliminate Aboriginal existence itself. Aboriginal made a demonstration and a riot but was arrested and was sentenced to death without receiving a trial. Many tribes and languages, culture have been extinguished.

[@echelon2k8]

"The White people invasion began in 1788." It wasn't an invasion, there was no substantial military presence when they arrived. They originally came to settle in Australia and the land was claimed by the Crown after recon established that there was no determinable system of government in place. As Aboriginal sovereignty could not be reliably ascertained, the doctrine of Terra nullius was implemented. "White people did not regard Aboriginals as humans." This is a popular myth thought to have originated in the 1970s. Aboriginal people in Australia have never been covered by a flora and fauna act, either under federal or state law. "The invaders massacred many Aboriginals as sports hunting." The Aboriginals attacked and killed Europeans first. They continued to menace the Europeans by killing and stealing as they tried to settle. Killing them in return was to push them back away from settlement both in self-defense and in retaliation. This created a cycle of violence that persisted throughout the frontier wars. "In 1828 the law was enforced that gives the right to freely capture and kill Aboriginals." See above. "In 1876, Tasmanian Aboriginals who had 37 thousand people were extinct." Tasmania's Aboriginals were not killed to extinction. "Aboriginal who had one million people had decreased to 70,000 in 1920." Mostly due to the introduction of various diseases which the Aboriginals had no immunity to. This was not state sanctioned. "Aboriginal young women were made sexually slave." This was not state-sanctioned. "From 1869 to 1969, Aboriginal children were taken away and placed in concentration camps.Abused or abandoned.The goal was to abolish Aboriginal culture and eliminate Aboriginal existence itself." The so-called stolen generations episode took place from approximately 1905 to 1967. It involved the removal of "half-caste" children from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments. "Aboriginal made a demonstration and a riot but was arrested and was sentenced to death without receiving a trial." This was not state-sanctioned. "Many tribes and languages, culture have been extinguished." The Aboriginal Protection Act was put in place in 1869.

[@_wattsy_4461]

echelon2k8 bravo mate. I was gonna respond to all that, but you got there first 👍

[@Paidinfullcc1gt]

echelon2k8 Around the same time us lucky white people were being burned at the stake, hung or sent to other undeveloped countries as punishment. We get the blame for our government, that is like me blaming you for your parents actions.

[@paulstefan5333]

You are beautiful and I appreciate your sense of humor. I don't usually comment, but I think you deserve a compliment like this…if I don't mind sending a friend request to Gmail, I'd love to be your friend.

[@SorenAraujo]

Norwegia?

[@joge3976]

you left off Tasmania !!

[@Evelyn-im6yu]

wheres tasmania ???

[@dwla45]

yes, yes ^^

[@damienwhitton3182]

He has Tasmania out and the Dutch came and tried to colonise Australia but couldn’t and Australia was called new Holland before it was called Australia even French have come but left and we had a lot of convicts being sent to van demons land which is Tasmania they where sent there because it was the furthest corner of the earth they thought

[@sebrodot119]

You have to have a hint of wonder why the Chinese empire never came to Australia ,where in that time they were the ultimate mariners,and only around the corner. Just a thought...

[@jameskent5351]

Because they never found it? Some mariners hey.

[@sebrodot119]

True...to my question, (thoughtfully)was it because there was no coast line to follow ? no trade ? It is said the indigenous of the Australian land are one the oldest in this world. Was it so far removed ?

[@jameskent5351]

Sorry for being glib earlier. It's worth pointing out that not all great Empires in history have been maritime powers. For the Chinese the vast majority of their wealth and power came inland farming and not from international trade routes. They just weren't as interested in exploring because they didn't have to.

[@sebrodot119]

Thank you James. Apologies for such forwardness. What amazes me is that a technologically advanced people at that time did not go forth to discover anything else but there own center(Which you have clarified,thank you).

[@Evelyn-im6yu]

good video tho

[@dwla45]

thx

[@BlaqKobra_]

Where is Tasmania

[@ImplicitSilence]

Missing Tasmania... you lost a ton of Straya's beauty

[@khal_15k36]

hellr

[@thethinkingman-]

As Australians we all thank the British Royalty for sending captain cook to discover australia and make it the country what it is today. The British discovered new wildlife and the natives were unlike any seen in the rest of the world. But Captain cook was a thinking man and trained the natives to be like us and now we share our land and give them houses and they can feed and clothe themselves and get jobs on farms and one day hopefully they will be just like us moving forward. God save the Queen.

[@woppo9996]

That it total rubish. I dont even believe you're Australian.

[@thethinkingman-]

@@woppo9996 remember the British discovered most countrys and they made the world civilised because they are the most advanced nation on earth. They have also won all the world wars so they proofed they are the best. captain cook also went to many countrys and made friends with all the natives everywhere plus australia.

[@AshleyHassell1970]

A lot of good stuff in this video but the stuff on the stolen generation is wildly inaccurate. Interestingly white children were taken from their parents in exactly the same proportion as Aboriginal children. I was working for the Western Australian government (as a contractor) when the Stolen Generation report came out and met a bunch of people working for the Department of Indigenous Affairs across the state who had been taken from their families and was told by each of them it was the best thing that could have happened to them. Not what I expected to hear.

[@sirsillybilly]

Ashley Hassell Well stated. An inconvenient truth to those who seek to politicise this.

[@Hello-on9pz]

Because some actually had it good and got a decent caring family doesnt make the whole thing right. The fact is many were abused and for many they never did actually get over initially getting kidnapped from their mothers. Nothing justifies taking a child away from their mother ESPECIALLY FOR CULTURAL DIFFERENCE . Unless said child is getting abused, Not to mention they were denied their culture and never got the chance to learn it. This is one thing that contributed largely to the demise of Aboriginal culture that we are still facing to this very day.

[@jameskent5351]

But they didn't take them away for cultural differences they were taken away because of child abuse, something which still happens to abused non-Aboriginal kids in Australia. However in the name of cultural sensitivity abused Aboriginal children are left to their fate. It's no wonder domestic abuse and child sexual assault is rampant in Aboriginal communities if our government is too afraid to protect them: www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/bad-dreaming-aboriginal-mens-violence-against-women-and-children-20070519-ge4xcf.html www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/second-man-charged-over-rape-of-2yearold/news-story/132386d4f098b7efb960088357083823

[@sirsillybilly]

Hello Half of the children were given up freely by their mothers. This was a unique time. The Depression and drought putting many out of work. The advent of the 4WD also put many Aboriginal stockmen our of work and on to the grog. One needs to look very close at history and remove the modern veil of empathy out of context. The whole world was a miserable horrible place.

[@Hello-on9pz]

@@sirsillybilly Stop trying to excuse what happened. This is what's wrong with our society. Most white people like yourself can't even recognise what happened was disgusting and have to literally make up excuses so you don't feel bad for what our ancestors did. It was a law, they literally had to give up their children or go to jail, not to mention most mothers of half caste children were raped. The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments. Key words here being Federal and State meaning they had absolutely no choice in the matter.

[@miaeuphemia6096]

3:12

[@yellow82811]

They resemble of Ainu of Japanese.

[@greenBV4]

haha poor Tasmanians always getting left out

[@Mr-dp4qo]

Interesting video. can make friends?👍